Major League Gaming Snags New VP From Machinima To Further Grow Its MLG.tv Network

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Major League Gaming (MLG), one of the oldest e-sports companies out there, picked up a new hire today from Machinima, another well-known gaming content company. Ryan Wyatt will join MLG as its vp of programming.

According to MLG, MLG.tv has grown its viewership 60% monthly since launch, growing a total of 1,376% in the first quarter of 2014 alone. That’s actually less surprising than you might imagine, given that MLG launched the online network with a limited set of broadcasters that it quickly worked to expand.

Wyatt, former head of e-sports for Machinima, is actually returning to MLG in this move. He left the company for Machinima three years ago. His role at MLG is simple to get: He’ll work to expand its content, both in-studio and via game streaming personalities. More content, more viewers, and more viewers, more money. That’s the gist of it.

Machinima, which has raised $67.6 million to date, has seen a number of executive changes in the last six months, including the installation of a new president. Wyatt’s impact will be easy to grok: Either MLG.tv’s audience continues to grow quickly, or it doesn’t. If Wyatt can’t keep the new content flowing, it probably won’t.

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OverviewMajor League Gaming (MLG) is an e-sports company that operates a number of sports-related websites. These include MLG.tv, an online broadcast network for professional level competitive gaming; the MLG Pro Circuit, the longest-running e-sports league in North America; and MLG: Play, the largest cross platform online gaming tournament system with 9 million registered users across the globe.
MLG is one …